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Title: Recombinant DNA Technology Post by: grasouli on Aug 30, 2017 Hello --
I was hoping I could get clarification on a few topics that I've been reading about under the umbrella of Recombinant DNA Technology 1. When two or more sequences join from sources that would otherwise not be capable of naturally coming together, are the produced proteins *entirely* new? That is -- are they new in nature, or are they new to the hypothetical host that they've been inserted? 1a. If they are entirely new, are they what is referred to as "synthesized proteins" ? 2. What is meant by "Chimera DNA" ? 3. Are we capable of creating formerly and naturally non-existent proteins and inserting them into DNA? Are "engineered" and/or "synthetic" DNA capable of seamless replication with normal DNA? Thank you in advance. Title: Re: Recombinant DNA Technology Post by: bio_man on Aug 30, 2017 The proteins are not new at all, actually. The goal or recombinant DNA is to slice and combine genes into regions that contain a known promoter, so that it can be easily transcribed and traced.
A genetic chimerism or chimera is a single organism composed of cells from different zygotes. Therefore, a chimera's DNA is the same as anyone else's -- they just have two different kinds of DNA. Some cells have one kind, the rest have a different kind. What would you consider a non-existent proteins? You mean one that has been created artificially with different nucleotides? -- I'm a little confused by this. Title: Re: Recombinant DNA Technology Post by: duddy on Sep 13, 2017 Dear OP
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